Articles | Volume 17, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-3687-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-3687-2024
Model experiment description paper
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08 May 2024
Model experiment description paper |  | 08 May 2024

Leveraging regional mesh refinement to simulate future climate projections for California using the Simplified Convection-Permitting E3SM Atmosphere Model Version 0

Jishi Zhang, Peter Bogenschutz, Qi Tang, Philip Cameron-smith, and Chengzhu Zhang

Data sets

Code, Data, and Technical Note for SCREAM California Convection-Permitting Regionally Refined Model 0.0 version (0.1) Jishi Zhang and Peter Bogenschutz https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11088673

Model code and software

Code, Data, and Technical Note for SCREAM California Convection-Permitting Regionally Refined Model 0.0 version (0.1) Jishi Zhang and Peter Bogenschutz https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11088673

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Short summary
We developed a regionally refined climate model that allows resolved convection and performed a 20-year projection to the end of the century. The model has a resolution of 3.25 km in California, which allows us to predict climate with unprecedented accuracy, and a resolution of 100 km for the rest of the globe to achieve efficient, self-consistent simulations. The model produces superior results in reproducing climate patterns over California that typical modern climate models cannot resolve.